I love this footnote from the JMB paper: " Requests should be accompanied with a new 2400 ft reel of magnetic tape, and a check or purchase order for U.S. $34.30 made to the order of Brookhaven National Laboratory, to cover postage and handling. This charge is subject to change in the future."
-----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Santarsiero, Bernard D. Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 3:37 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Who invented PDB format? On Fri, January 4, 2013 2:31 pm, Carter, Charlie wrote: > While I cannot be sure about the format, the original PDB was the creation > of Edgar Meyer, Walter Hamilton, and Helen Berman. Hamilton was at > Brookhaven, which held the database until 1994. It passed to the Rutgers > consortium in 1998. It is likely that the format, which hasn't changed > appreciably for at least 30 years, was their creation. Helen, obviously, > is still at the helm, having resumed PDB leadership with the Rutgers > consortium, and she would certainly know who devised the original format. > > Charlie > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Frank von Delft wrote: > >> Some spam for your Friday night: does anybody know who invented the PDB >> file format originally? >> >> (We're at the Study Weekend dinner, and Keith Wilson's memory has failed >> us all...) > > -- Bernard D. Santarsiero Associate Director, UICentre Research Professor Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy Center for Structural Biology Center for Clinical and Translational Science University of Illinois at Chicago MC870 3070MBRB 900 South Ashland Avenue Chicago, IL 60607-7173 USA (312) 413-0339 (office) (312) 413-9303 (FAX) http://www.uic.edu/labs/bds Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (One Merck Drive, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA 08889), and/or its affiliates Direct contact information for affiliates is available at http://www.merck.com/contact/contacts.html) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete it from your system.
